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The impact and resulting fire killed all on board KLM Flight 4805 and most of the occupants of Pan Am Flight 1736, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the aircraft. With a total of 583 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history .
Oct 17, 2006 · On March 27, 1977, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, two 747 jumbo jets collided on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 583 people in what is still the deadliest crash in aviation...
May 8, 2024 · The force from the crash tore through the fuselage of the Pan Am plane, and both aircraft exploded into flames. All passengers and crew members aboard the KLM plane were killed. At least 330 people on the Pan Am plane died, but more than 60, including the pilot, survived the impact and fire.
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Mar 27, 2017 · On March 27, 1977, KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a runway on the island of Tenerife, killing 583 people
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PA 4—Unidentified fourth person in Pan Am cockpit, likely one of two Pan Am employees who boarded in Tenerife and were sitting in the cockpit jumpseats. KLM RT—KLM aircraft radio...
03:14. 3play Air & Space Smithsonian Channel. On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Pan Am Flight 1736 was sitting on the taxiway waiting to take off. A thick fog...
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Mar 2, 2016 · Captain Robert Bragg was the co-pilot aboard the Pan Am plane, and was one of the few who survived the collision. He spoke to Witness about that terrible disaster. Witness is a programme of the...
